Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama has said that the absence of international election observers cannot stop an electoral process from taking place. Byabakama’s statement follows a revelation by the Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Uganda, Ambassador Attilio Pacifici …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC has faulted road contractors for failing to repair sewerage lines and damaged water pipes destroyed during their course of duty. Agnes Atwooki, the NSWC Jinja area Principal Public Relations Officer told URN that Jinja, one of the country’s oldest …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a double celebration at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital following a successful operation of a mother whose baby was implanted in the liver. Ideally, the egg travels down the fallopian tube to the womb, when it is fertilized. But Florence Anabo, a 23-year-old mother …
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Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judicial Service Commission has launched a small claim procedure at Kamwenge court. The small claim procedure covers civil claims whose subject matter value does not exceed 10 million Shillings. It is often used in matters arising out of the supply of goods, debts, and …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Jinja is investigating the death of a yet to be identified man, whose body was f abandoned in a house located on plot 76 along Mvule village, in Jinja central division. The body, with a deep cut on the neck, was found lying …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has awarded 95 million Shillings to 19 former inmates who were arrested for flouting regulations on COVID-19 for being denied access to their lawyers. The said group was picked from one house in Kyengera Town Council, in Wakiso District, and …
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Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Village Chairpersons across Kapelebyong District stormed the district headquarters on Friday demanding for ex-gratia payment. Kapelebyong has 256 villages. Village chairpersons are supposed to receive an allocation of 10,000 Shillings every month, which is paid once, every financial year. The LCs are …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is seeking for a mini clinical laboratory and new incinerator for disposing of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) healthcare waste. Some of the infectious waste include used face masks; syringes, hand gloves, blades, medicinal wastes, and other associated wastes arising from services produced …
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Kigezi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched a drive to spray mosquitoes using Microbial Larvicide as a way of controlling malaria in the Kigezi sub-region. The program to be implemented in the districts of Kabale, Rubanda, and Kisoro was launched at Butanda health centre III in …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The distribution of government face masks is underway in Busia district. The distribution is in line with a commitment by President Yoweri Museveni to provide free reusable masks to all Ugandans aged six years and above, as a pre-condition for lifting COVID-19 restrictions. According to …
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